Hauksbee

Great, indeed! Let's go find some Crumpets and ruin their day.

Well...it's the morning after, and TrackIR still respects me. 'Fired it up just minutes ago, and the tracking is everything one could hope for. I hereby pronounce me cured! My thanks for all the suggestions.

Damn! That was fast. Talk about "From-your-lips-to-God's-ears." Next time you compose one of your eloquent grovels, could you put a word in for a Hansa-Brandenburg W-29?

On a whim...well, grasping at straws, I downloaded the TrackIR 5 software, and the UI came up. Everything seems to work smoothly. I'll try again in the morning before I go bat-sh*t with happiness.

I downloaded CCleaner and ran it, then upgraded to the latest version and ran it again. I'm sure it did some good, but it didn't affect TrackIR. I still get the white screen. I'll pester my computer-tech guy for a fly-by appointment.

Not quite. This is still on the C:\; I tried to open TrackIR as soon as the new install was done. First, because yesterday TrackIR would shut down as soon as I launched it, secondly, because if it opened at all, I wanted to try the Track Clip Pro with the lights flipped 180. I did, however; delete the old desktop ishortcuts.

I did. It toggles between "Disabled" and "No Data". Go figure?

Well, I don't smoke, but I'll keep that tip about glasses in mind. RAF_Lou: you were right about the light pattern. The long arm on the Track Clip Pro definitely goes down. Happily, that was an easy fix. In the ONE-STEP-FORWARD-TWO-STEPS-BACK Dept., I got into Control Panels and uninstalled TrackIR, then did a fresh install from the 4.1 disc. But when I launch it from the ShortCut on the desktop, I get this (see attached). On the one hand TrackIR seems to be running, on the other, I can't find a way to bring up the User Interface.I should think there'd be a way to get there...like File>Open, but clicking on File opens a menu with only one choice: Close. Is there a way out of this loop? .

RAF_Lou, I'll try your technique tomorrow. As I have already deleted the Natural Point folder on my C:\ drive, I'll have to uninstall TrackIR again, and do a fresh re-install on the C:\ drive so I can get a new Natural Point folder that I can copy and paste over to the J:\ drive. Are you using the TrackIR Hat Clip, or the Track Clip Pro that goes on headphones? From the position of the dots, I'd say you have the Hat Clip. I don't ever recall seeing them in that configuration with the Track Pro Clip.

Since I've been getting messages occasionally from my C:\ drive of late saying it's stretched for resources, I decided to uninstall TrackIR and re-install on the J:\ where I've got room and to spare. I installed from the TrackIR 4.1 disc, then updated to a more current version. 'Problem is, I can't get a full install on the J:\. It wants to install to C:\ Natural Point\ TrackIR 4. Usually, you can type in, or amend this path. But not here. 'Can't select any type at all. I have to hit the Browse Button and when I find and select J:\, it only installs the app., but does not create a Natural Point folder with app. and extras. Several times today I've uninstalled and re-installed and tried to create the other folders manually, but now I've boogered something. TrackIR will not launch at all. I get the opening screen and immediately and error message that says "TrackIR has stopped working" and it all shuts down in a flash. I've got a call in to my computer guy to help me sort that out. Before it stopped working, I was getting some progress. It tracked nicely up-and-down, and smoothly all the way out to the left. To the right it went smooth for a bit, but past a certain point, it flips upside down and goes crazy. On the whole, I'd call that progress. As for putting the camera left-of-center on the monitor, I'm going on the assumption that the three dots should center on the cross-hairs? (pic. attached, slightly enhanced) The only way I can get them there is to use the far left position. I have plugged the TrackIR into the tower, not an external hub. Thanks for the profile, Pol. I dropped it into the Profiles Folder, just like I did with Olham's. Unlike his, yours does not want to show up in the TrackIR UI. Odd. Sandbagger: However it shows on the pic. I posted, it's been doing it the same way with every profile I've tried.

Herr Prop-Wasche: Thanks. I had not tried either of those ideas. Actually, the Speed Setting was not 5, but 0.5. I had experimented. It's back at 1 now as Olham pointed out it should be. Could you post a rough diagram of what the Yaw Curve should look like. I hesitate to just plunge in. Olham:: In addition to correcting the speed, I do have the Track Clip Pro on the left side of the headphones and the camera on the left corner of the monitor. Sandbagger: 'Tried unchecking the X,Y and Z boxes, one at a time. So far guys, nothing seems to work. The wallowing Vertical/Horizontal axes still looks like the attached pic. And it does so with the three supplied profiles (Default, One:One and Smooth, plus Olham's and one of my own.)

Am I the only person who's TrackIR drives him crazy? When TrackIR works it's a joy, when it doesn't, I'm climbing the walls. Every time I go to use it, I expect to have to tweak something.(the Track Clip Pro has moved when I set down the headphones, or the cat has bumped the camera) I adjust them, and hit the F12 key to center. But as soon as I move my head, it all goes wonky. Pitch (up and down) is usually pretty good, but Yaw (side-to-side) wallows all over the place. The slightest turn of my head to the left sends the view reeling off into the upper left quadrant, while movement to the right drops way down into the bottom right quadrant. Again, sometimes, the whole 360 degree sphere is visible. Sometimes just part of it because I'm inside it, sometimes I'm outside. What drives me crazy is that when it works I don't know what I did right, and when it doesn't, I don't know how to solve the problem. I adjust the Track Clip Pro, fiddle with the camera, move my seat, moved forward and/or back from the monitor, adjusted the tilt of the flat screen monitor it sits on, turned off all lights in the room and I’m using a profile Olham sent me.(which worked great for a while) I even went into Control Panel and deleted the TrackIR 4 software assuming that there might be a conflict with 5.0. (tho' I guess not. Nothing changed.) This morning I downloaded the latest software which included a complete uninstall/re-install. I'm even using a whole new camera/Track Clip Pro which I got for a friend (my computer guy) for Christmas and it turned out his favorite game doesn't support TrackIR. So when I told him of my problem, we thought it might be my camera and he loaned me his. I'm fresh out of options.

Will it take me to the P4 release?

A coupl'a more from the same site...assuming you've not seen these too.

Touche'

Ah well, that part's easy. Just use a soft wooden mallet and tap the '1's' and '0's' closer to each other and re-start OFF.

Beautiful. Just beautiful. But tell me, does it come with a Sun Shade, and a cup holder? Will it take a NMX-508 Accelerator Card? I''d love to see the early Cretaceous Period, but I must be back before lunch. Trust me, RAF_Lou, it never ends.

Now the question is, if you read it cover-to-cover, can you make OFF's bloody DH2 perform for you?

Enjoy the satisfaction while you can. There's a stunning new piece of equipment being designed right now that you'll absolutely must have!

Congratulations!!

Now that we've got that sorted out, try this:

Had to do a little house cleaning on my accumulated attachments, but it looks like this should play now.

"Incredible" when watching from the ground. Even more so when looking out from your own canopy.

Imagine having one of these bears on your six, or, trying to stay on his?

There y' go! THAT'S the OFF we know and love so well.